All Chapters of The Cursed Alpha’s Debt Contract: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Lyra wiped the same spot on the marble floor for the third time. Her back ached, her hands were raw, but she kept moving. The night shift at Vance Global never ended early. Not if you wanted to eat.She pushed her cleaning cart down the quiet hall on the top floors. Most maids hated this level. Too close to the bosses. It's too easy to lose your job with one wrong look. Lyra did not mind. The pay was double, and every extra coin brought her closer to buying Toby’s freedom.Her little brother was only twelve. Sick lungs from the bad air in the fringe. The pack enforcer, who owned their debt, said Toby could work it off when he turned thirteen. Lyra’s stomach twisted every time she thought about it. No. Not happening. She would scrub floors until her fingers bled before she let that man touch her brother.She stopped outside the executive suite and checked her dull brown contact lenses in the small mirror on her cart. Still good. They hid the strange gold colour of her real eyes. She ad

Lyra sat in the back of the black car, her hands pressed tight together. The city lights blurred past the windows as they left the Fringe behind. Her side still hurt from the gunshot, but the medicine they gave her made it bearable. What hurt more was leaving Toby without a proper goodbye.Xavier sat across from her, typing on his phone as if she were not even there. His face stayed hard: no smile, no warmth. The scar over his eyebrow looked darker in the low light."They took Toby to a safe house," he said without looking up. "Doctors are with him now. The debt is gone. Marcus Kane will not touch him again."Lyra let out a shaky breath. Part of her wanted to thank him. The bigger part wanted to slap the calm look off his face. "I signed your paper. That does not mean I like you.""Good," he replied. "I do not need you to like me. I need you to act the part."The car pulled into an underground garage beneath the tallest building in the city. Vance Citadel. Guards nodded at Xavier and

Lyra’s heart pounded as the two security men stood there. Xavier moved in front of her fast, his body blocking hers like a wall. "Details", he ordered.The taller guard spoke quickly. “Two men tried to cut the power on the private elevator. They had tools for the penthouse doors. We caught them before they got in, but they fought hard. One is dead. The other is talking downstairs.”Xavier’s hands curled into fists. “Who sent them?”“They say it was board member Harlan Crowe. He wants proof you’re hiding a dangerous girl. He plans to use it against you at the next meeting.”Lyra stepped around Xavier even though her legs felt weak. “They came for me. This is my fault.”Xavier turned to her, eyes sharp. “No. This is Crowe’s move. He has wanted my seat for years. You are just the new weapon he found.” He looked back at his men. “Double the guards. No one comes up without my direct order. And bring the live one to the lower interrogation room. I will handle him myself.”The guards left.